Biden His Time ’Til 2016: Next Presidential Contest Heating Up!

With the 2012 election a fading, distant memory and Obama’s second term, which began three days ago, essentially petering to a close, coverage of the 2016 race can truly begin in earnest. “Didn’t the 2016 race start months ago?” you’ll counter, not incorrectly. “Get with it, VF.com! Politico has already called Florida for Callista Gingrich!” You would be absolutely right.

On the Democratic side, the race has (or has not) been dominated by one (or several) man (men): Vice President Joe Biden. “Biden, according to a number of advisers and Democrats who have spoken to him in recent months, wants to run, or at least be well positioned to run, if and when he decides to pull the trigger,” Politico reports in a piece that claims the vice president is “intoxicated” by the idea of a run. There’s also this beyond juicy tidbit: During the ancient, barely remembered 2012 race, “Obama aides at times had to actively steer Biden to places where he was needed—like Pennsylvania—because he kept asking to be deployed to Iowa, New Hampshire, and other early states.” Asking to remain in Iowa for any amount of time does suggest intoxication.

But what does Joe Biden have to say about Joe Biden running for president, not that it matters? “I haven’t made that decision and I don’t have to make that decision for a while,” he told CNN yesterday, gravely miscalculating the proximity of the Democratic primary. Politico has already characterized the Republican contest as “in full swing”! And that was in late November! Who’s to blame for the Biden campaign imploding so spectacularly and completely? Politico to publish a full report imminently, we’re sure.